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Oracle Secure Global Desktop Platform Support and Release Notes for Version 4.6

Document Information

Preface

1.  New Features and Changes

New Features in Version 4.60

Automatic Recovery After Array Failover

Dynamic Launch

Active Directory and LDAP Enhancements

Dynamic Drive Mapping

Windows Client Drive Mapping

New Attributes for Configuring Windows Applications

New Attributes for Application Load Balancing

32-Bit Color Support for Windows Applications

Allow SSH Downgrade Attribute

New Features in Version 4.50

Introducing the SGD Gateway

Installing the SGD Gateway

Architecture of the SGD Gateway

Commands for the SGD Gateway

Application-Level Device Configuration

Array Failover

Seamless Windows Local Window Hierarchy

German Language Support

Support for Novell eDirectory

New Features in Version 4.41

New Command for Securing an SGD Server

Pull-Down Header for Kiosk Mode Applications

Service Tag Support

Active Directory Authentication Log Filter

Active Directory SSL Security Without Client Certificates

Changes in Version 4.60

Improved Clock Synchronization Reporting for Arrays

Citrix ICA Protocol Not Available for Windows Applications

Application Start Time Shown on the Webtop

User Session Idle Timeout Attribute

Web Page Security Improvements

Support for Arabic and Hebrew Keyboards

Input Method for UNIX Platform Applications

UNIX Audio and SGD Enhancement Module Version

DNS Name Warning Message

Changes to Syslog Message Format

New Default PDF Printer Driver for Windows Applications

Changes to tarantella start and tarantella stop Commands

New Name for SGD Terminal Services Client

Secure SOAP Connections No Longer Required

Changes in Version 4.50

Option to Resume Printing from My Desktop

Changes to the tarantella security enable Command

Web Services Changes

Kiosk Mode Escape Attribute

Support for Evince Document Viewer

New -remoteaudio Option For SGD Terminal Services Client

Administration Console Configuration Parameter for DNS Lookups

Changes in Version 4.41

SGD Server Command-Line Changes

My Desktop Link

Changes to tarantella security start and tarantella security stop Commands

Changes to tarantella status Command

Enabling Secure Intra-Array Communication

Replacing an SGD Server Certificate

Performance Improvements for tarantella array Commands

2.  System Requirements and Support

3.  Known Issues, Bug Fixes, and Documentation Issues

New Features in Version 4.41

This section describes the features that are new in the SGD version 4.41 release.

This section includes the following topics:

New Command for Securing an SGD Server

SGD Administrators can now configure security automatically for an SGD server, using a single tarantella command. The following commands are now available:

The tarantella security enable command performs the following configuration:

The following limitations apply for these commands:

See the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide for more details about the tarantella security enable and tarantella security disable commands.

Pull-Down Header for Kiosk Mode Applications

A new attribute (--allowkioskescape) enables a pull-down header for Windows applications and X applications running in kiosk mode.

The pull-down header includes icons for minimizing and closing the application window.

To display the pull-down header when this attribute is enabled, move the mouse to the top of the application window.

To enable or disable the pull-down header, configure the attribute for the Windows application or X application object. For example:

$ tarantella object edit \ 
--name "o=applications/cn=IndigoProject" --allowkioskescape true

Note - Currently, this attribute is only configurable from the command line.


Service Tag Support

SGD version 4.41 includes support for Sun Service Tags. If the Sun Service Tags software is present on the SGD host, SGD creates and registers a new service tag automatically during installation.

Registration of service tags is attempted on every instance of tarantella start until successful, after which registration does not take place again. This means that even if the Service Tags software is not present when SGD is installed, SGD will still register with it if you install the Service Tags software on the SGD host at a later date.

For more information about Sun Service Tags, see http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hubs/connection/tasks/register.jsp.

Active Directory Authentication Log Filter

There is a new server/ad log filter, which enables logging of errors related to Active Directory authentication.

For example, you can use this log filter to find out why an Active Directory user cannot log in to SGD.

Active Directory SSL Security Without Client Certificates

SGD version 4.41 enables you to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security when connecting to an Active Directory server, without using client certificates. This means that an SGD server can meet security requirements in an environment where client certificates are not required, or are not a viable option.The Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide provides details of how to configure this feature.